Memory leak in AcquireVirtualMemory in ImageMagick before 7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via unspecified vectors.
CVE-2016-7539
Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2022-05-17. NVD baseline CVSS 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EPSS
- 91.0%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 25, 2017
Last Modified
May 13, 2026
References (12)
- security@debianhttp://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=28946
- security@debianhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/22/2
- security@debianhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93232
- security@debianhttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=833101
- security@debianhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1378776
- security@debianhttps://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/4e81ce8b07219c69a9aeccb0f7f7b927ca6db74c
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=28946
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/22/2
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93232
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=833101
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1378776
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/4e81ce8b07219c69a9aeccb0f7f7b927ca6db74c
Patch Availability(1)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | libmagickcore4-extra (8:6.6.9.7-5ubuntu3.5) @ precise | 2026-05-22 | ubuntu |
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